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[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

My mother in law can do it, she'll walk into a room, sniff disagreeably and say - "Huele a hormiga."

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

See, My Hero Academia is real. It's just that our quirks suck. Is not having allergies a quirk. Cause that's the best I've got. That or my weak sense of smell. Comes in handy when cleaning disgusting stuff.

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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

WHO RUNS AROUND SNIFFING ON ANTS?!

[-] aeki@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Is it the formic acid? I bet it is.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree it's surprising that people can smell ants as a genetic quirk, but it's not typing-what-the-fuck-in-all-caps surprising.

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can for sure smell them but only close up, not from feet away so I’m not sure what that means for me in terms of this gene. They have a very odd musty smell which is also detectable on anything they’ve walked on recently. It’s not a very pleasant odor.

As far as I know it’s all ants, not just a particular type.

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I swear if I get close enough I can hear ants. Am I crazy or is this a thing? (It’s like a high pitched buzzing or humming, like an electrical hum.)

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[-] crushyerbones@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My weird "paranormal" quirk is knowing when someone is sick by smell. My nose is usually blocked up and I can barely smell flowers but for some reason I can just tell when someone is incubating some sickness that will make them bedridden the next day.

No idea how it works. I just smell "sick" - it's kind of this warm earthy ground smell. I can even smell it on myself sometimes and I'll know I need to take a day off tomorrow. My theory is I can smell something off in the skin temperature.

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[-] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Some of my family can smell spiders

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